Computer woes force Minnesota school to offer free lunch

The Brainerd Dispatch

September 10th, 2004

The Brainerd Dispatch of Brainerd, Minn., reports that when computer problems at a local high school were threatening to prevent students from eating lunch on time, the school opted to make all lunches free until the problems were fixed. The entire district has been having trouble with its new food-service computer system, which was taking nearly 60 seconds to process what should have only been 5-second transactions.